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Grammar
Review
Relative clauses are short phrases beginning with words like who,
that and which, that describe people and things. There are two
types:
Defining relative clauses: we use these to identify exactly which
person or thing we mean:
The candidate who we interviewed on Friday is better than this
one
The words who which, that, whom and whose can begin a
relative clause. They are called relative pronouns
For people both who and that are used, but who is more
common:
The candidate who they chose for the job worked in
banking
For things or ideas both which and that are used, but that
is more common, specially in speech:
The products that you ordered were sent today
Use of what
We can use the relative adverbs where, when and why with
their normal meanings to identify which thing we are talking
about:
It was difficult to understand the reason why he resigned
Grammar
exercises
on Relative Clauses:
Test 13